Carry where you come from.
The Haitian Croissant is a design-focused lifestyle brand exploring the intersection of food, fashion, and culture through the perspective of the African diaspora.
Rooted in Haiti and shaped by movement, the brand creates objects and experiences that carry memory—designed to travel across places, identities, and generations.
From silk scarves inspired by vintage postage to culinary storytelling and immersive gatherings, each offering is created with intention.
We believe in designing pieces that are not only worn or used, but kept.
Pieces that feel like home, wherever you are.
While deeply rooted in Haitian culture, The Haitian Croissant exists for the wider diaspora and for anyone who feels connected to its spirit.
It is an invitation to explore, to remember, and to belong.
The Haitian Croissant exists under Ayida Solé—a creative studio exploring culture through food, fashion, and design.
As its lifestyle expression, The Haitian Croissant brings these ideas into tangible form—through objects, garments, and experiences that can be lived with and carried.
Together, they form a world rooted in storytelling, design, and cultural preservation.
Meet the Founder
Ayida Solé is a designer, creative director, and storyteller whose work lives at the intersection of culture and design.
With a background in fashion and a practice rooted in culinary exploration, her work is driven by a desire to preserve and reimagine the stories of the African diaspora.
Through The Haitian Croissant, she has built a world that blends heritage with modernity—creating space for culture to be experienced, worn, and shared.
Her work extends beyond the brand through The Haitian Croissant Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth in Haiti through agriculture, arts, and wellness.
Each piece, project, and experience is part of a larger vision:
to design with purpose, and to create with care.
This is more than a brand.
It is a way of carrying where you come from.